There was a police force. And they deported Jews on behalf of the Axis. There also was an army that peaked at 550,000 men by 1942. But you could have googled that.
My point was not to defend Ukrainian Nazis nor to say modern day France is Nazi, but to encourage some humility amongst those feeling smugly superior to people living in nations who were long under autocratic rule…..because when we were under autocratic rule we sometimes actively collaborated, sometimes passively collaborated and kept our heads down and very rarely “resisted” (and even then it was often in the pay of autocrats from the other side). How many Russia. people would be brave enough to oppose Putin?
Humans on war footing can quickly become evil. War should be avoided where possible. Hate mongering and “othering” is to be condemned. Autocracy, censorship and cancellations is to be stomped out. That is my point.
There was a police force. And they deported Jews on behalf of the Axis. There also was an army that peaked at 550,000 men by 1942. But you could have googled that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Army
My point was not to defend Ukrainian Nazis nor to say modern day France is Nazi, but to encourage some humility amongst those feeling smugly superior to people living in nations who were long under autocratic rule…..because when we were under autocratic rule we sometimes actively collaborated, sometimes passively collaborated and kept our heads down and very rarely “resisted” (and even then it was often in the pay of autocrats from the other side). How many Russia. people would be brave enough to oppose Putin?
Humans on war footing can quickly become evil. War should be avoided where possible. Hate mongering and “othering” is to be condemned. Autocracy, censorship and cancellations is to be stomped out. That is my point.
There was never a French military force fighting on behalf of the Axis powers---the rest of your post is accurate.
North Africans beg to differ. Google “Armistice Army”